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This topic includes links to society and government-sponsored guidelines from selected countries and regions around the world. We will update these links periodically; newer versions of some guidelines may be available on each society's website. Some societies may require users to log in to access their guidelines.
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Links to related guidelines are provided separately. (See "Society guideline links: Preterm labor and birth".)
International
Canada
●SOGC: Clinical practice guideline for antibiotic therapy in preterm premature rupture of the membranes (2009, reaffirmed 2017)
United States
●American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (ACOG): Committee opinion on labor and delivery management of women with human immunodeficiency virus infection (2018, reaffirmed 2024)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on the prevention of group B streptococcal early-onset disease in newborns (2020, reaffirmed 2022)
●ACOG: Committee opinion on approaches to limit intervention during labor and birth (2019, reaffirmed 2021)
●ACOG and SMFM: Obstetric care consensus on periviable birth (2017, reaffirmed 2021)
●ACOG: Practice bulletin on prelabor rupture of membranes (2020)
United Kingdom
●National Institute for Health and Care Excellence (NICE): Guideline on preterm labour and birth (2015, updated 2022)
●NICE: Quality standard on preterm labour and birth (2016, updated 2019)
Australia–New Zealand
Japan
●[In Japanese] Japan Society of Obstetrics and Gynecology (JSOG): Obstetrics and gynecology clinical practice guidelines – Obstetrics edition (2023)
●[In English] JSOG and Japan Association of Obstetricians and Gynecologists (JAOG): Guidelines for obstetrical practice in Japan, 2020 edition (published 2023)